2018–19 Belgian First Division B

Belgian First Division B
Season 2018–19

The 2018–19 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2018 and will end in April 2019. It is the third season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division.

Team changes

In

Out

  • Cercle Brugge won the promotion play-offs against Beerschot-Wilrijk and was thus promoted after three seasons at the second level.
  • Lierse went bankrupt and dissolved as a team. Tubize had finished in last place in the relegation playoffs but were saved from relegation as a result of the bankruptcy of Lierse.

Team information

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B teams
Matricule Club City First season of
current spell at
second level		 Coming from 2017-18 result Stadium Capacity
155 FCO Beerschot Wilrijk Antwerp 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division 3rd (D1B) Olympic Stadium 12,771
5632 Lommel SK Lommel 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division 1st (D1Am) Soevereinstadion 8,000
25 Mechelen Mechelen 2018–19 Belgian First Division A 16th (D1A) AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne 16,672
18 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Leuven 2016–17 Belgian Pro League 2nd (D1B) Den Dreef 10,000
134 K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare 2010–11 Belgian Pro League 5th (D1B) Schiervelde Stadion 9,075
5632 A.F.C. Tubize Tubize 2009–10 Belgian Pro League 8th (D1B) Stade Leburton 9,000
10 R. Union Saint-Gilloise Saint-Gilles, Brussels 2015–16 Belgian Third Division 6th (D1B) Stade Joseph Marien 5,500
2024 K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 7th (D1B) Het Kuipje 8,035

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors
Beerschot Wilrijk Belgium Stijn Vreven Belgium Tom Pietermaat Joma DCA
Lommel Belgium Tom Van Imschoot Belgium Wouter Scheelen Legea United Telecom
Mechelen Belgium Wouter Vrancken Belgium Seth De Witte Kappa Telenet and AFAS
OH Leuven England Nigel Pearson Belgium Dimitri Daeseleire Vermarc King Power
Roeselare Spain Jordi Condom France Raphaël Lecomte Joma Euro Shop
Tubize France Philippe Thys Belgium Quentin Laurent Kappa No shirt sponsor
Union SG Slovenia Luka Elsner Belgium Charles Morren Patrick Culture et Formation
Westerlo Belgium Bob Peeters Belgium Nicolas Rommens Saller Soudal

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment
Union SG Belgium Marc Grosjean Mutual consent 8 May 2018 [1] Pre-season Slovenia Luka Elsner 23 May 2018 [2]
Beerschot Wilrijk Belgium Marc Brys Signed by Sint-Truiden 21 May 2018 [3] Belgium Stijn Vreven 25 May 2018 [4]
Mechelen Netherlands Dennis van Wijk Sacked 20 August 2018 [5] 7th Belgium Wouter Vrancken 21 August 2018 [6]

League table

Opening tournament

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USG MEC B-W LOM WES ROE TUB OHL
1 Union SG 9 5 1 3 15 8 +7 16 Qualification to Promotion play-offs — 2–2 [lower-alpha 1] 2–0 2–0 1–2
2 Mechelen 9 4 3 2 15 8 +7 15 — 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0
3 Beerschot Wilrijk 9 4 3 2 12 11 +1 15 1–0 1–0 — 1–3 1–1 1–0
4 Lommel 9 4 3 2 15 15 0 15 1–0 0–3 — 3–1 2–2 1–1
5 Westerlo 9 4 1 4 14 14 0 13 1–3 1–2 4–1 — 2–1 2–1
6 Roeselare 9 3 3 3 12 13 −1 12 2–2 2–1 2–2 [lower-alpha 1] — 2–1
7 Tubize 9 1 3 5 10 14 −4 6 0–2 [lower-alpha 1] 3–3 0–0 — 3–1
8 OH Leuven 9 1 3 5 8 18 −10 6 1–3 1–1 1–1 [lower-alpha 1] 1–3 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Belgian First Division B (in French) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[8]

Closing tournament

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification B-W LOM MEC OHL ROE TUB USG WES
1 Beerschot Wilrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Promotion play-offs —
2 Lommel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 Roeselare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 Tubize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
7 Union SG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
8 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: Belgian First Division B (in French) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[8]
  1. 1 2 3 4 The matches of the tenth matchday in the weekend of 13-14 October 2018 were postponed following an ongoing investigation into match-fixing during the 2017-18 season, most notably involving Mechelen. [7]

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Union SG 9 5 1 3 15 8 +7 16 Qualification to Europa League play-offs[1]
2 Mechelen 9 4 3 2 15 8 +7 15
3 Beerschot Wilrijk 9 4 3 2 12 11 +1 15
4 Lommel 9 4 3 2 15 15 0 15
5 Westerlo 9 4 1 4 14 14 0 13 Qualification to Relegation play-offs[2]
6 Roeselare 9 3 3 3 12 13 −1 12
7 Tubize 9 1 3 5 10 14 −4 6
8 OH Leuven 9 1 3 5 8 18 −10 6
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Belgian First Division B (in French) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[8]
Notes
  1. ^ The team that promotes to the 2019–20 Belgian First Division A, either by winning the promotion playoff or by winning both the opening and the closing tournament, will not take part in the Europa League play-offs. The next team in the league will take its spot instead.
  2. ^ In case the team that wins the promotion playoff finishes in the bottom four, the 4th placed team will play the relegation playoff instead.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 October 2018.[9]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Youssouf Niakaté Union SG 11
2 Portugal Leonardo Miramar Rocha Lommel 9
3 France Thomas Henry Tubize 6
Belgium Jens Naessens Westerlo
5 South Africa Kurt Abrahams Westerlo 4
6 Cameroon Marius Noubissi Beerschot Wilrijk 3
Belgium Rob Schoofs Mechelen
France Clément Tainmont Mechelen
Belgium Dante Vanzeir Beerschot Wilrijk
10 Belgium Mohammed Aoulad Roeselare 2
Belgium Mathieu Cornet Mechelen
Belgium Igor de Camargo Mechelen
France Frédéric Duplus OH Leuven
Sweden Gustav Engvall Mechelen
Nigeria Saviour Godwin Roeselare
Brazil Pedro Henrique Tubize
Comoros Faïz Selemani Union SG
Belgium Thibaut Van Acker Roeselare
Belgium Jan Van den Bergh Beerschot Wilrijk
Belgium Lukas Van Eenoo Westerlo
1 goal (28 players)
2 own goals (2 players)

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams Province or region Team(s)
3  AntwerpBeerschot Wilrijk, Mechelen and Westerlo
1  BrusselsUnion SG
 Flemish BrabantOH Leuven
 LimburgLommel
 Walloon BrabantTubize
 West FlandersRoeselare

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Union neemt afscheid van coach Grosjean door "sportieve verschillen"" [Union says goodbye to coach Grosjean due to "differing sportive development views"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2018-05-08.
    2. ↑ "Jonge Sloveen Elsner zet vanaf volgend seizoen de lijnen uit bij Union" [Young Slovenian Elsner to manage the team next season at Union] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2018-05-23.
    3. ↑ "Marc Brys wordt maandag voorgesteld als coach van STVV" [Marc Brys to be presented Monday as new coach of STVV] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2018-05-19.
    4. ↑ "Vreven moet Brys doen vergeten op het Kiel: "Volks en vurig naar 1A"" [Vreven to make Brys forgotten at the Kiel: "Folksy and fiery towards 1A"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2018-05-25.
    5. ↑ "Van Wijk moet na 3 speeldagen al opstappen bij KV Mechelen" [Van Wijk forced to leave at KV Mechelen after just 3 matchdays] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2018-08-20.
    6. ↑ "Vrancken: "Mijn rugzak zit vol genoeg om deze mooie stap te zetten"" [Vrancken: "Backpack filled with enough experience to take this nice opportunity"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2018-08-21.
    7. ↑ "BREAKING: Speeldag 10 uitgesteld!" [BREAKING: Matchday 10 postponed!] (in Dutch). proximus11.be. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
    8. 1 2 3 "General terms Belgian competition" (PDF). kbvb.be. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
    9. ↑ "Spelersstatistieken". Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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